In a bid to reach out to masses in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, the BJP on Sunday launched ‘Samriddh (Prosperous) Madhya Pradesh’ campaign from here by flagging off 50 hi-tech vehicles designed as chariots.
The mass outreach programme is aimed at preparing ‘Drishti Patra’ or a vision document for the next month’s polls on the basis of suggestions received from the common people, a party leader said.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar flagged off the chariots, fitted with LED screens, sound systems and other equipment, from the state BJP headquarters in the state capital.
The chariots will comb all the 230 assembly constituencies in the next 15 days during which they would travel to at least 20 places in every segment.
The BJP has also released a phone number on which the suggestions can be forwarded either through WhatsApp, SMSes or by making a phone call. Speaking at the launch function, Chouhan said his government had modelled various welfare schemes on the basis of feedback received from the common people.
“Because of this, we have decided to prepare a roadmap of a prosperous Madhya Pradesh on the basis of suggestions of the 7.5-crore people of the state,” he said.
The chief minister attacked the Congress for its “misrule” of the past. “During the rule of the Congress (before 2013), people were forced to take temporary roads in their farmland for travelling instead of the main roads which were almost non-existent then”, he said.
